CakeSocket Class Info:

Class Declaration:

class CakeSocket extends Object

File name:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php
Description:

Cake network socket connection class.

Core base class for network communication.

Class Inheritance

Object

Package
cake
Subpackage
cake.cake.libs

Properties:

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  • _baseConfig array

    Base configuration settings for the socket connection

  • config array

    Configuration settings for the socket connection

  • connected boolean

    This boolean contains the current state of the CakeSocket class

  • connection resource

    Reference to socket connection resource

  • description string

    Object description

  • lastError array

    This variable contains an array with the last error number (num) and string (str)

abort

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Abort socket operation.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 253
Return

boolean Success

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address

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Get the IP address of the current connection.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 155
Return

string IP address

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addresses

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Get all IP addresses associated with the current connection.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 169
Return

array IP addresses

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cakeError

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Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)

  • array $messages optional array ( )

    Message that is to be displayed by the error class

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 187
Return

error message

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connect

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Connect the socket to the given host and port.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 107
Return

boolean Success

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public

__construct

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Constructor.

Parameters:
  • array $config optional array ( )

    Socket configuration, which will be merged with the base configuration

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 92

__destruct

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Destructor, used to disconnect from current connection.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 280
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private

disconnect

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Disconnect the socket from the current connection.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 262
Return

boolean Success

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dispatchMethod

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Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Name of the method to call

  • array $params optional array ( )

    Parameter list to use when calling $method

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 107
Return

mixed Returns the result of the method call

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host

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Get the host name of the current connection.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 141
Return

string Host name

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lastError

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Get the last error as a string.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 183
Return

string Last error

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log

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Convience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters:
  • string $msg required

    Log message

  • integer $type optional 2

    Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 148
Return

boolean Success of log write

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Object

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A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 43
Return

Object

__openPersistent

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Open the persistent class file for reading Used by Object::_persist()

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    Name of persisted class

  • string $type optional NULL

    Type of persistance (e.g: registry)

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 268
Return

void

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private

_persist

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Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name of the class to persist

  • $return required

  • string $object required

    the object to persist

  • $type optional NULL

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 218
Return

boolean Success

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protected

Todo

add examples to manual

read

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Read data from the socket. Returns false if no data is available or no connection could be established.

Parameters:
  • integer $length optional 1024

    Optional buffer length to read; defaults to 1024

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 227
Return

mixed Socket data

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requestAction

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Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.

Parameters:
  • mixed $url required

    String or array-based url.

  • array $extra optional array ( )

    if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 80
Return

mixed Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.

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reset

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Resets the state of this Socket instance to it's initial state (before Object::__construct got executed)

Parameters:
  • $state optional NULL

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 290
Return

boolean True on success

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_savePersistent

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You should choose a unique name for the persistent file

There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name used for object to cache

  • object $object required

    the object to persist

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 247
Return

boolean true on save, throws error if file can not be created

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_set

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Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.

Parameters:
  • array $properties optional array ( )

    An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 166
Return

void

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setLastError

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Set the last error.

Parameters:
  • integer $errNum required

    Error code

  • string $errStr required

    Error string

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 198
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_stop

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Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.

Parameters:
  • $status optional 0

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 135
Return

void

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public

toString

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Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 64
Return

string The name of this class

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write

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Write data to the socket.

Parameters:
  • string $data required

    The data to write to the socket

Method defined in:
cake/libs/cake_socket.php on line 209
Return

boolean Success

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